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Sh. Shahu Patole
Marathi Writer & Retired Government Officer
Shri Shahu Patole is a notable Marathi writer and a retired government officer. He has held numerous positions in the Press Information Bureau, as Defence PRO, and in the Directorate of Field Publicity, All India Radio, and Mumbai Doordarshan news sections.
His book Anna He Apoorna Brahma was a landmark work documenting Dalit food history through the culinary practices of two Maharashtrian communities, the Mahar and the Mang. It was later translated as Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada.